Georgian era
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The Georgian era was a period of British history from the early 18th to early 19th century marked by the reigns of the first four King Georges and characterized by expanding empire, Enlightenment thought, and distinctive architecture and arts.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical era
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period of British history → |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → |
| endTime |
1830
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| followedBy |
Regency era
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Victorian era → |
| follows |
Late Stuart era
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Stuart period → |
| hasCharacteristic |
Bloody Code criminal laws
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Blue and Buff Whig fashion → Enlightenment thought → Georgian social dancing → Methodist movement → Palladian revival → antiquarian interest in the past → assembly rooms culture → china and porcelain collecting → classical education ideals → coffee and tea consumption → coffeehouse culture → coffeehouse political debate → coffeehouse-based financial trading → country house culture → development of English landscape garden style → development of banking and finance → development of museums and collections → development of party politics → distinctive architecture → duelling culture → early railways → enclosure of common lands → evangelical revival → expansion of legal profession → expansion of parliamentary power → fashion for Grand Tour → growth of industrial towns → growth of insurance industry → growth of medical profession → growth of newspapers → growth of print culture → growth of professional classes → growth of public concerts → growth of public theatres → growth of slavery-based plantation economy in colonies → growth of the middle class → import of sugar and tobacco → impressment in the Royal Navy → improvement in policing in London → improvement in roads and canals → increased literacy → interest in classical antiquity → landscape gardening → mapping and surveying of Britain → naval supremacy → neoclassical style → overseas colonial expansion → patriarchal family structure → patronage system in politics → planned squares in cities → polite society norms → politeness and refinement ideals → press gangs for naval service → primogeniture in inheritance → rapid urbanization → reform movements → religious pluralism → rise of Romanticism in later years → rise of abolitionist movement → rise of consumer culture → rise of philanthropic movements → rise of seaside resorts → rise of the novel → rotten boroughs → salon culture → satirical art and literature → scientific exploration and voyages → scientific societies → spa town culture → stock market speculation → terraced housing development → transition from Baroque to neoclassical arts → transportation of convicts to colonies → turnpike trusts → |
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Agricultural Revolution in Britain
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American Revolutionary War → Enlightenment in Britain → Industrial Revolution → Napoleonic Wars → Seven Years' War → reign of George I of Great Britain → reign of George II of Great Britain → reign of George III of the United Kingdom → reign of George IV of the United Kingdom → |
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George I of Great Britain
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George II of Great Britain → George III of the United Kingdom → George IV of the United Kingdom → |
| significantEvent |
Acts of Union 1800
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French Revolutionary Wars → Gordon Riots → Irish Rebellion of 1798 → Peterloo Massacre → Union with Ireland → abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire → expansion of the British Empire in India → loss of the Thirteen Colonies → |
| startTime |
1714
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